England has a chance to follow their fellow Europeans when they take on the South Americans on Sunday, and their hopes will rest mostly on their skipper, Harry Kane, who’s brace in their opening game ensure they wouldn’t go into the fixture against Panama with not as sweaty palms as their rivals in the group.

As the saying goes, behind every great man blah blah blah… but there has been an extraodinary woman behind the 24-year-old goal machine’s career, and her name is Katie Goodland.

VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA – JUNE 18: Harry Kane of England celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group G match between Tunisia and England at Volgograd Arena on June 18, 2018 in Volgograd, Russia. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Katie Goodland is a fitness instructor…

As things are at the moment, Katie is forced to keep intense physical activity to a minimum… for obvious reasons, but outside the tricky nine months she’s currently enduring, she’s usually in the thick of things as she works as a fitness instructor.

…and a sports science graduate

The England striker chose a partner who’s not too too far removed from his trade, in a sports science graduate.

The named their dogs after a few famous faces

Harry and Katie revere a couple of sports stars soo much, that they chose to name their best friends after them.

The names “Russell Wilson” and “Tom Brady” may do a little more than just ring a bell to NFL fans, but to the couple, they can be summoned with just a whistle, as their two dogs are named after the two famous quarterbacks.

She finds the fame a little too strange

Imagine taking a little walk with the dogs, then find finding your face all over the papers in the following days.

Well, that’s kinda how life is when you have close ties with the next great English hope.

According to Harry, the attention Katie’s been getting, thanks to being closely associated with the Spurs striker has been a tad overwhelming.

“We went to school together, so she’s seen my whole career. Of course, she’s finding it a little crazy. I think she’s even been in the papers a couple of times taking the dogs out,” Kane said.

A childhood sweetheart

The money, the fame, the good (we’ll accept) looks see the England skipper as one of the more eligible bachelors on display in this year’s tournament, but not if Katie has anything to do with it, as the couple has been together since their high school days.

They’re folks, folks

In 2016, Harry announced that there would be an addition to the family and, the following year, the pair welcomed their daughter, Ivy Jane Kane, who was born in December 2016.